~Not Enuff Plastic~ :-(

Another hetic day...steady going it seems.. Penny came today

and got us ready for the week end..For some reason Dutch is

very angry with Penny and has bit and slapped her today every

time she goes to play with him..when she left..he bit her.. I don't

know what the boys problem is.. I saved one of the stuffed peppers

for her and she had it for lunch.. she said how great it was..and I

reminded her SHE made them... but then too like she said ..it was

my recipe...and they were really good.. there is still some left..

It doesn't take her long to clean this small place..mostly she dusts

which she KNOWS is one of my "quirks" I hate dust.. turn on a

lamp and see all the dust on the shade or the base.. I cant stand

that..or to see dust anywhere.. and she runs the "beast" every

Friday.. I cant use that vacuum at all.. it pushes me.. but it does

a good job..and once a week she runs it..and the boys Run..

LB hides in the bathtub :-) Dutch has tried to attack it.. But my

carpets are clean..and so is the kitchen floor..but then we are

not really trashy people here..Nutz maybe..but not trashy :-)

I had major disappointment .. Robert came today..he got here about

10 or so..he had a meeting he didn't know about..but I didn't have

enough plastic for the porch.. I was so mad.. I thought sure I had more

than enough.. but just didn't work out.. Now I have to get some more..

and LORD knows when I will get THAT put up..IF I can get the plastic..

Penny no matter what cannot find it at the store..for what ever reason..

and Robert says its there..but he wont go and get it for me..says that's

not part of his job..which I guess is true.. he wont use his own tools..

want something fixed..he uses YOURS... He said if I got a carpet

cutter he would cut this carpet out..AND...it would be up to me how

much I PAID him...so you know what THAT means.. so much for my

carpet coming OUT.. So anyway.. I do have the one side of my

porch done..the west side.. I hate to call Donnie and ask for more

plastic.. I hate bugging that kid....but I just don't know where to get it.

Chris the landlord is no help..Ive asked him MONTHS ago...Oh

well I do the best I can..

I have heard that DHS will help pay our utility bills..Penny says yes..

and Robert says so too..but when I called they said NO..so I don't

know what to think..I know CAA used to..but they stopped.. I know

next months bill will be worse specially with it not going above 10

for the next few days and supposed to be below zero.. That's why

I was hoping to get this porch done... the draft around the door is

awful..when I got up during the night last nite.. as I rolled past it I

could feel the air just blowing in..most of that stripping Kenny put

on last year has come off...I guess I could start hanging that afghan

back up..I should have had Penny dig it out for me..

Last year I used my crocheted afghan cuz it being loose crochet. I

could use my grabber and reach up enough for it to hook on the

nails I have up above the door on each side...that sure kept the

draft out..When I first tried to put a blanket up there and used my

grabber ..but cloth..well that was NOT going to work, wont catch.

It fell so many times..my arms gave out trying to hang it..till I got

smart and realized that the crochet would be a lot easier to get

up there.. Then half way down.. I used one of my woolbies and

used a thumb tack to put it up on to the door..then I wouldn't have

to take it down every day like I did the top one.. That afgan was

hard to put up.. I still had to really stretch to get it up there and

then was no guarantee it would stay.. One day I had finally got

that thing up there.. I bet I tried 6 times If I tried once.. It stayed..

I rolled back to my desk..turned around to admire my good work..

and blip..first one side..then the other ..and down it went.. I sat

there for a long time looking at it.. "how badly did I want to fight

that afgan again??" well I went and put it back up...got it that

time in 1 try and it stayed! I was happy .. :-)

I got up early and Im going to bed early.. I have gotten some

wonderful cards in my snail mail..and I want to thank you so much

for these wonderful birthday wishes.. Means so much to me..and

I am very pleased to get them.. this year has started out to be

pretty good.. I have heard from some friends I havent heard from

in over a year.. I am so very glad..I lost some dear ones last year..

and I will miss them terribly..but..time marches on.. The proof of

that is in the birthdays.. Sunday will be my 63rd... and I plan to

have many many more.. This GORGEOUS WEEBLE has a
LONG way to roll yet.. but.. guess where Im rolling now? :-)

"nitey nite"

Y'all have a good one now , Y'hear? love ya..and thanks :-)

ALways, Lois ****

God Bless you, is my prayer today,

I'm so honored to call you "friend";

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

Until I write again.....